MON
COIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 25.
No. 1.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH JUNE, 1872.
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[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY,
PROCLAMATION.
VOL. XVIII.
By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by Section XVIII of Ordinance No. 11 of 1871, entitled An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the "Hongkong Pier and Godown Company, Limited," to construct a Pier in the Harbor of Victoria, and to confer upon the said Company certain other Powers and Privileges it is enacted as follows:---
"This Ordinance shall come into force on such Day as shall be hereafter fixed by Proclamation "under the Hand of the Governor":-
Now, therefore, I, SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, in pursuance of the said Section and by virtue of the Authority thereby in me vested, do hereby under
Hand Proclaim, that the said Ordinance shall commence and take effect from this Date.
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By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THe Queen.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 14th Day of June, 1872.
No. 127.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Commission, appointed to enquire into the operation of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 for licensing and regulating the sale of prepared Opium, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th June, 1872.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas for the furtherance of Public interests as connected with the working of the Opium Monopoly and the operation of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, it is expedient that certain inquiries and investigations should be made into those subjects and all matters connected therewith; and whereas such inquiries and investigations will be most conveniently prosecuted by means of a Commission: Now, therefore, know Ye that I, SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony, appoint you the Honorable CHARLES MAY, Acting Colonial Treasurer, and the Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, to be a Cominission for instituting and prosecuting all needful or proper inquiries in that behalf, and to take evidence in the premises, and to report to me all evidence so taken by you, and also your opinions thereon. And I do hereby require you to commence your inquiries forthwith, and to proceed therein continuously and to make